[54] CONTINUOUS CENTRIFUGE
[76] Inventor: Kurt Pause, Zedernstr. 13, Grevenbroich, Germany
[22] Filed: Oct. 13, 1972
[21] Appl. No.: 297,440
[30] Foreign Application Priority Data
Oct. 15, 1971 Germany 2151476
[52] U.S. CI 210/369,210/391
[51] Int. CI BO Id 33/02
[58] Field of Search 210/369-376,
210/391
[56] References Cited
UNITED STATES PATENTS
3,302,794 2/1967 Laven 210/369
R26.844 3/1970 Cuza. 210/369 X
3,225,934 12/1965 Van Riel 210/370
Primary Examiner—Granville Y. Custer, Jr.
Assistant Examiner—DeWalden W. Jones
Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Michael S. Striker
[57] ABSTRACT
A continuous centrifuge for separating liquid and solid phases of a suspension has a centrifuge basket rotatable about an upright axis and having an upper open end, and a perforate liner in the basket conically diverging towards the upper open end. An annular baffle is mounted adjacent the upper open end and defines therewith a radially extending annular outlet gap through which retained solid phase can pass in radially outward direction under centrifugal force. An annular flow-regulating member is mounted on and rotatable with the basket and has a cylindrical surface juxtaposed with spacing from the outer end of the annular gap so that centrifugally ejected solid phase will contact this surface. The flow regulating member is mounted on the basket with slight freedom of axial movement relative thereto.
